RFI: Bobbie Gentry - I'll never fall in love again

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In the second verse, does she sing:

"What do you get when you kiss a guy?
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia.
After you do, he'll never bone ya"

― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 21 December 2004 15:05 (8 years ago) Permalink

phone yah!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 15:11 (8 years ago) Permalink

She *really* sounds like she's singing 'bone'..

All in my mind?

(I know what the real lyric is, of course)

― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 21 December 2004 15:13 (8 years ago) Permalink

i *always* thought that too. its like 'tit tit tit' on 'michelle' by the fabs (meant to be 'dit...' clearly isn't). it SO IS'bone ya'. deffo.

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 21 December 2004 15:19 (8 years ago) Permalink

SHE DOES!!

Course she sings 'with a cold' anyway, or
with pneumonia perhaps..

― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 21 December 2004 15:20 (8 years ago) Permalink

Pisc: They are singing tit. Just their humour...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 15:22 (8 years ago) Permalink

6 years pass...

there is not enough love for bobbie on ilm.

currently soaking up a 2cd set that came out a while back, and realising that she mixed soft pop/country/southern soul into perfection.

and yes, i had to listen closely to this cover version to check, but its clearly ' .. phone'

― mark e, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 10:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

One of my favourite ever vocal performances, this. I just love the subtle rasp in her voice.

― Vast Halo, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 21:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

I love her multiple rhymes in "Casket Vignette":

Or how about a satin brocade
Guaranteed not to fade
Or maybe you'd prefer another shade
Trimmed in gold or silver braid
Would you like a lemonade
There's no ice, I'm afraid

I also dig the cash register and coffin creak sound effects and gleefully unsympathetic "la la la"s in the outro. her most distinctive lyrics are her narratives about smalltown communities, and it's to her credit that she rarely idealizes their virtues nor moralizes about their sins the way many (admittedly great) country songwriters tend to do. instead she strings together details like "faces beaming goodness and their jaws set hard" (from "Ace Insurance Man") and "she touches her face to see/if the mouth tears she put on with her finger are drying" (from "Recollection") that are lucid and sardonically funny without needing morals or punchlines to make their impact.

I've spent more time listening to her first three albums than her later work, which is sometimes genteel in a way that doesn't suit her funky, swampy strengths. but I won't deny the goodness of "Fancy" and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" and the best tracks on Patchwork.

― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 23:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

I should add that the clapping in "Reunion" is one of my favorite uses of the Bo Diddley beat.

― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Thursday, 31 March 2011 00:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

I also dig the cash register and coffin creak sound effects and gleefully unsympathetic "la la la"s in the outro

heard this track for the first time yesterday, and had a little chuckle when i heard the coffin noise (at first i thought it was a door, then the penny dropped).

just wish EMI/Capitol had reissued the albums properly, as they are currently only available via Aus pressed 2-fer-1s.

― mark e, Thursday, 31 March 2011 07:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

well i never, peter kay (or someone who works/writes for him) reads ilm.

he has used this misquote as a joke as part of his act

(just been aired on tv tonight)

― mark e, Thursday, 16 August 2012 22:43 (9 months ago) Permalink

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